Why Germans drink so much sparkling water

Why Germans drink so much sparkling water
In the country of currywurst and lager two things happen when you order water in a restaurant: First, there is a big chance it’s carbonated and second, it´s not complementary. One of my biggest surprises when I moved to Germany back in 2009 was the Germans’ love for carbonated water. It´s true that consumption of
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6 metro stations you need to see during your stay in Moscow

  It probably sounds crazy when I tell you that visiting metro stations in Moscow is one of the coolest activities in the Russian capital. However, with one of the most beautiful metro systems in the world and some stations that even look like corridors from a Western European museum, visiting metro stations in Moscow
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Can you recognize all these Mexican dishes

mexican food
  by Sofia Jimenez Anybody who has ever been to Mexico knows: one of the greatest things the country has to offer is the food. The variety is huge and there are so many colors and strong flavors, to me as a Mexican it´s definitely one of the things I love the most about my country
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How well do you know our travel culture?

  Did you know that there are more international departures from Germany than from the rest of the world? Found this very nice infograph about traveling and people around the world. With very useful information and statistics about traveling in general Rachel Swaby and Carl Bender made an amazing work   [spider_facebook id=”1″] [fbcomments]  
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6 tips to get to know new place better

  by Aura Jimenez I know there’s much more in a place than its main attractions. Of course, everybody loves visiting the centerpieces of a city, taking one or another selfie and posing like you are grabing the Eifel Tower in Paris with your fingers. However, for me, this just isn’t enough and if you prefer absorbing the
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5 things you will miss during your exchange and 5 more you will miss back at home

Image by: Fernando de Sousa for flickt 1. Having long conversations with your friends at home about anything important Remember those conversations about who will be eaten by aliens first? Being in an exchange means meeting new people and new friends every day. At first this might sound very interesting and fun but there are
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How well do you know writing systems?

  Most of us comunicate each other using the Latin alphabet. However, more than the half of the population worldwide use a different alphabet to comunicate. We always complain how difficult is to learn German or Danish, but let me show you some of the world most important writing systems and let me see if
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How do other languages indicate laughter while texting

  While chatting, messaging and using other internet resources, we know that we indicate laughter by just typing “haha”, but did you ever wondered how is it written in other languages. I found these photographs indicating who different languages from different parts of the world type this very common expression. Lets find out! Images were taken
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Can you identify these cities?

  Vincent Laforet is a French/American photographer who worked for magazines like National Geographic and Life His last proyect is called Air and it shows beautiful aereal photographs of cities worldwide So we took some of Vincent´s photographs and want to see how well do you know some of the most famous cities in the
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Do you really agree with this?

  The eternal discussion – Traveler or Tourist – What are you? Sorry but, in my personal opinion, someone who wants to start a discussion about this and believe he is a traveler (it´s the most popular opinion) has no idea what traveling is about. Traveling shouldn´t be a competition and we shouldn´t try to
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5 ways to be a traveler at home

 Coming back home after a long travel  isn´t sometimes a nice feeling. First you just want to go back on the road and then you will have the impression that everything at home is just boring and simple. However there are activities to keep these wanderlust feelings alive while reorganizing your life at home and
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You have been in Singapore for a while when….

Singapore gardens by the bay
1. You take a sweater to the MRT because it´s freakin cold. 2. You use sometimes the word “lah” without noticing it. 3. You know by memory this airport codes: SIN, KUL or BKK. 4. You don’t care anymore to get an egg in every meal of the day.     ….. or rice…. or
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